Francesca Pincella(Institute for Chemical Research (ICR)) | Activity Database on Education and Research, Kyoto University

Francesca Pincella

Institute for Chemical Research (ICR) Senior Lecturer/ Junior Associate Professor

Last Updated :2025/05/27

Basic Information

Affiliated programs (koza)

Graduate School of Engineering, 物質エネルギー化学専攻物質変換科学講座, 講師

Professional Memberships

From Jan. 2020, To Present
Association of Italian Researchers in Japan

From Apr. 2017, To Present
Society of Nano Science and Technology

From Apr. 2017, To Present
THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN

To Jun. 2022
THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY

Academic Degree

Ｍ．Ｓ．(University of Parma)

博士（工学）(筑波大学)

Academic Resume (Graduate Schools)

University of Parma, 　Faculty of Mathematical，Physical and Natural Sciences，Department of Physics，Master Course, 修了

筑波大学, 大学院数理物質科学研究科博士後期課程物質・材料工学専攻, 修了

Research History

From Apr. 2020, To Present
Kyoto University, Institute for Chemical Research, Senior lecturer

From Jul. 2019, To Mar. 2020
Kyoto University, Institute for Chemical Research, Program-specific Senior Lecturer

From Jul. 2017, To Jun. 2019
Kyoto University, Institute for Chemical Research, JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow

From Jul. 2016, To Jun. 2017
Kyoto University, Institute for Chemical Research, Project-specific Researcher

From Dec. 2014, To Jun. 2016
National University of Singapore, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Research Fellow

ID,URL

ORCID ID
0000-0001-8171-4272
J-Global ID
201901007546532054
External link
https://www.scl.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~elements/en/pro_Francesca.html

researchmap URL

https://researchmap.jp/pincella

Last Updated :2025/05/27

Research

Research Topics, Overview of the research

Research Topics
biomass valorization; magnetic nanoparticles; sustainable chemistry; soft matter
Overview of the research
The first objective of my research is to identify and develop new synthetic methods to transform wood into value-added compounds, with a particular focus on functional materials, which can replace widespread ofossil fuel-derived plastic materials, and small molecules of interest to the pharmaceutical and chemical industries.
In my research, I have been focusing on the use of magnetic nanoparticles as catalyst for the oxidative degradation of lignin, the most abundant aromatic biopolymer on earth and a promising candidate to replace oil towards a more sustainable chemical industry.

Research Interests

lacquer

urushi

lignin

SERS

catalysis

Raman spectroscopy

biomass

sustainable chemistry

nanomaterials

Research Areas

Nanotechnology/Materials, Green/sustainable/environmental chemistry, Fluorescence sensors for environmental monitoring

Nanotechnology/Materials, Nanomaterials, nanomaterials for catalysis

Nanotechnology/Materials, Energy chemistry, biomass valorization

Papers

Reusable Magnetite Nanoparticle (Fe3O4 NP) Catalyst for Selective Oxidation of Alcohols under Microwave Irradiation
Francesca Pincella; Katsuhiro Isozaki; Ryota Sato; Toshiharu Teranishi; Hikaru Takaya; Masaharu Nakamura
ACS Omega, 11 Jun. 2024, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

Synthetic urushiols from biorenewable carbon resources: chemical conversion of enzymatic degradation products of wood lignin to an ancient yet future coating material
Katsuhiro Isozaki; Hiroshi Matsuda; Ryosuke Agata; Jaeyoung Jeon; Beiling Wu; Francesca Pincella; Makoto Ikenaga; Yoichi Tachibana; Yukari Ohta; Masaharu Nakamura
RSC Sustainability, 2024, Peer-reviewed

Challenges toward chemical use of woody biomass : from forest policy and economic view
Mineo Keito; Nakagawa-Kawahara Yuka; Nakamura Yuki; Imai Makiko; Matsumura Hiroyuki; Aoki Satoshi; Pincella Francesca; Isozaki Katsuhiro; Nakamura Masaharu
The Japanese Forest Society Congress, 30 May 2023

Robust Surface Plasmon Resonance Chips for Repetitive and Accurate Analysis of Lignin-Peptide Interactions
Isozaki, Katsuhiro; Shimoaka, Takafumi; Oshiro, Satoshi; Yamaguchi, Asako; Pincella, Francesca; Ueno, Ryo; Hasegawa, Takeshi; Watanabe, Takashi; Takaya, Hikaru; Nakamura, Masaharu
ACS OMEGA, Jul. 2018, Peer-reviewed

Evaluation by HAXPES of the Chemical State of the Components of a Close-packed Array of Bi-metallic (Au-Ag) Nanoparticles on ITO
PINCELLA Francesca; YAMASHITA Yoshiyuki; KUMARA Rosantha; YANG Anli; OCHIAI Takao; ISHIMARU Satoshi; MIKI Kazushi; SAKATA Osami
SPring-8 Section A: Scientific Research Report, Jan. 2017, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

Glucose sensing through Fano resonances in mesoscale silica core-gold shell particles arrays
Francesca Pincella; Huang Zhiwei
OPTICAL DIAGNOSTICS AND SENSING XVI: TOWARD POINT-OF-CARE DIAGNOSTICS, 2016, Lead author

Selective Two-Photon-Absorption-Induced Reactions of Anthracene-2-Carboxylic Acid on Tunable Plasmonic Substrate with Incoherent Light Source
Francesca Pincella; Katsuhiro Isozaki; Tomoya Taguchi; Yeji Song; Kazushi Miki
JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY, Feb. 2015, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

Square-centimeter-scale 2D-arrays of Au@Ag core–shell nanoparticles towards practical SERS substrates with enhancement factor of 10^7
PINCELLA Francesca; SONG Yeji; OCHIAI Takao; ISOZAKI Katsuhiro; SAKAMOTO Kenji; MIKI Kazushi
Chemical Physics Letters, May 2014, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

A visible light-driven plasmonic photocatalyst
Francesca Pincella; Katsuhiro Isozaki; Kazushi Miki
LIGHT-SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS, Jan. 2014, Peer-reviewed, Lead author
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Plasmon-Resonant Optics on an Indium–Tin-Oxide Film for Exciting a Two-Photon Photochromic Reaction
OCHIAI Takao; ISOZAKI Katsuhiro; PINCELLA Francesca; TAGUCHI Tomoya; NITTOH Kohichi; MIKI Kazushi
Applied Physics Express, Sep. 2013, Peer-reviewed
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Electrical properties of an organic memristive system
PINCELLA Francesca; CAMORANI Paolo; EROKHIN Victor
Applied Physics A, May 2011, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

Misc.

リグニン固定化自己組織化単分子膜を利用したSPRセンサーの開発
磯崎勝弘; 磯崎勝弘; 下赤卓史; 大城理志; 山口亜佐子; PINCELLA Francesca; PINCELLA Francesca; 上野亮; 上野亮; 長谷川健; 渡辺隆司; 高谷光; 高谷光; 中村正治; 中村正治
ナノ学会大会講演予稿集, 2017

酸化物微結晶‐金属ナノ粒子2次元配列のヘテロ界面接合と可視光駆動型光触媒
三木一司; 三木一司; 磯崎勝弘; 磯崎勝弘; 磯崎勝弘; 落合隆夫; 落合隆夫; PINCELLA Francesca; PINCELLA Francesca
高分子学会予稿集(CD-ROM), 25 Aug. 2015

可視光駆動可能なチタニア結晶光触媒デバイス
三木一司; PINCELLA Francesca; 磯崎勝弘
応用物理学会秋季学術講演会講演予稿集(CD-ROM), 01 Sep. 2014

金ナノ粒子二次元配列を高輝度近接場光源とした可視光駆動型光触媒
磯崎勝弘; FRANCESCA Pincella; 三木一司
ナノ学会大会講演予稿集, 22 May 2014

Dense 2D arrays of Au@Ag and Au@Ag@Au as efficient SERS substrates
Yeji Song; Yeji Song; Pincella Francesca; Pincella Francesca; Katsuhiro Isozaki; Kazushi Miki; Kazushi Miki
Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, 01 Dec. 2013

Visible light photocatalyst based on plasmon-enhanced two-photon absorption
Francesca Pincella; Francesca Pincella; Katsuhiro Isozaki; Kazushi Miki; Kazushi Miki
Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, 01 Dec. 2013

金ナノ粒子2次元配列を用いる可視光駆動型光触媒
磯崎勝弘; 石崎勝弘; PINCELLA Francesca; 三木一司
錯体化学会討論会講演要旨集, 15 Oct. 2013

金ナノ粒子2次元配列を利用した可視光駆動型光触媒
磯崎勝弘; PINCELLA Francesca; 三木一司
日本化学会講演予稿集, 08 Mar. 2013

Presentations

Synthesis of Urushiol Derivatives towards new Urushi-based Functional Materials
Francesca Pincella
Program on Open Innovation Platforms for Industry-academia Co-creation (COI-NEXT), 07 Mar. 2025

New synthetic lacquer samples: towards new sustainable functional materials
Francesca Pincella
NTU-KyotoU-UHH Trilateral Symposium, 19 Nov. 2024, Invited

Biomass valorization: new building blocks for a more sustainable chemical industry
Francesca Pincella
First AIRJ Symposium – Association of Italian Researchers in Japan, 11 Nov. 2022, Invited

Biomedical and environmental applications of plasmonic sensors
Pincella Francesca
Optics seminars at OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology), 16 Feb. 2021, Invited

Microwave-assisted One-pot Conversion of Lignin to Fluorescent Imidazole Compounds
PINCELLA Francesca; LU Siming; MATSUDA Hiroshi; FAN Lulu; YAMAMOTO Atsushi; MATSUMORI Tomoko; KATSUYAMA Isamu; ISOZAKI Katsuhiro; FUKUDA Kenji; WATANABE Takashi; NAKAMURA Masaharu
The 20th International Symposium on Wood, Fiber and Pulping Chemistry, 09 Sep. 2019

Microwave-Assisted Oxidation of Secondary Alcohols Catalyzed by Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles
PINCELLA Francesca; ISOZAKI Katsuhiro; TAKAYA Hikaru; NAKAMURA Masaharu
The 17th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nano Science and Technology,, 10 May 2019

Microwave-assisted Facile Conversion of Lignin to Fluorescent Imidazole Compounds
PINCELLA Francesca; LU Siming; MATSUDA Hiroshi; FAN Lulu; MATSUMORI Tomoko; KATSUYAMA Isamu; ISOZAKI Katsuhiro; FUKUDA Kenji; WATANABE Takashi; NAKAMURA Masaharu
The 99th CSJ Annual Meeting, 18 Mar. 2019

Microwave-assisted Oxidation of Secondary Alcohols with Magnetic Nanoparticle Catalysts
PINCELLA Francesca; ISOZAKI Katsuhiro; TAKAYA Hikaru; NAKAMURA Masaharu
The 98th CSJ Annual Meeting, 22 Mar. 2018

Glucose sensing through Fano resonances in mesoscale silica core-gold shell particles arrays
PINCELLA Francesca; HUANG Zhiwei
SPIE Photonics West Bios, 16 Feb. 2016

Visible Light Photocatalyst Based on Plasmon-enhanced Two-photon Absorption
PINCELLA Francesca; ISOZAKI Katsuhiro; MIKI Kazushi
The 74th JSAP Autumn Meeting (JSAP-OSA Joint Symposium), 17 Sep. 2013

Silica Coated Gold Nanoparticles 2D Array for Enhanced Fluorescence Sensing
PINCELLA Francesca; ISOZAKI Katsuhiro; MIKI Kazushi
The 73rd JSAP Autumn Meeting (JSAP-OSA Joint Symposium), 11 Sep. 2012

Optical and Electrical Characterization of a Conducting Polymer Film/Electrolyte Heterojunction: a Tunable Organic Memristor
PINCELLA Francesca
6th International Symposium on Surface Science –Towards Nano-, Bio-, and Green Innovation, 12 Dec. 2011

Industrial Property Rights

特願2015160205 A, Crystal-anchorable near-field light structure, and crystal-anchored same structure capable of multiphoton excitation
MIKI Kazushi; ISOZAKI Katsuhiro; PINCELLA Francesca

特願2015163845 A, Substrate for surface enhancement Raman spectra
MIKI Kazushi; ISOZAKI Katsuhiro; PINCELLA Francesca; SONG Yeji

特願2018127895, Method for the preparation of imidazole derivatives
WATANABE Takashi; NAKAMURA Masaharu; TAKAYA Hikaru; ISOZAKI Katsuhiro; PINCELLA Francesca; FUKUDA Kenji

Awards

07 Jul. 2015
Nature Publishing group, Light Science & Applications top 10 paper award in 2014

09 Apr. 2019
The Chemical Society of Japan, CSJ Presentation Award 2019

Last Updated :2025/05/27

Education

Teaching subject(s)

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Chemistry for non-science majors II-E2
N386, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Chemistry for non-science majors I-E2
N385, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
ILAS Seminar-E2
Z002, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Chemistry on Natural and Human Environments-E2
N387, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Chemistry for non-science majors I-E2
N385, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
ILAS Seminar-E2
Z002, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Chemistry on Natural and Human Environments-E2
N387, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Chemistry for non-science majors II-E2
N386, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Chemistry for non-science majors II-E2
N386, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Chemistry on Natural and Human Environments-E2
N387, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Chemistry for non-science majors I-E2
N385, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
ILAS Seminar-E2
Z002, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2

From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021
Chemistry for non-science majors I-E2
Spring, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021
Chemistry for non-science majors II-E2
Fall, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021
Chemistry on Natural and Human Environments-E2
Fall, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021
ILAS Seminar-E2 :Sensors in Everyday Life
Spring, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
Chemistry for non-science majors I-E2
Spring, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
Chemistry for non-science majors II-E2
Fall, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
Chemistry on Natural and Human Environments-E2
Fall, 全学共通科目

From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
ILAS Seminar-E2 :Sensors in Everyday Life
Spring, 全学共通科目

Last Updated :2025/05/27

Administration

Faculty management (title, position)

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
化学研究所総務・教務委員会委員

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
化学研究所広報委員会委員

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Francesca Pincella

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Academic Degree

Academic Resume (Graduate Schools)

Research History

ID,URL

ORCID ID

J-Global ID

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researchmap URL

Research

Research Topics, Overview of the research

Research Topics

Overview of the research

Research Interests

Research Areas

Papers

Misc.

Presentations

Industrial Property Rights

Awards

Education

Teaching subject(s)

Administration

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